Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara (/ˈtiːɡən, ˈsɛərə/) are a Canadian indie pop duo formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta, composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin (born September 19, 1980).[2][3] Both musicians are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists.[4][5][6][7][8]

Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara post-concert at July 2014 Hillside Festival
Background information
Birth nameTegan Rain Quin
Sara Keirsten Quin
Born (1980-09-19) September 19, 1980
OriginCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Genres
Years active1995–present
Labels
Members
  • Tegan Quin
  • Sara Quin
Websiteteganandsara.com

The pair have released nine studio albums. They earned a Grammy nomination in 2012 for their DVD/live album Get Along.[9] Their tenth album, Crybaby, was released on October 21, 2022.[10] Their memoir, High School, was released on September 24, 2019. The TV show High School based on the memoir was released on Amazon Freevee in the fall of 2022.[11]

History

1995–2002: Background and early work
Tegan and Sara at Terminal 5, New York City, October 6, 2008

Tegan and Sara began playing guitar and writing songs at age 15,[6] using an old guitar they found in their basement owned by their then-stepfather, Bruce. One of the first songs they wrote was Tegan Didn't Go To School Today, originally written by Sara. They later sang and recorded the song together on a cassette tape. They first called their band Plunk, defined as 'light punk' as they had neither a drummer nor bass player at the time. In 1997, they used their school's recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day. In 1998, they won Calgary's "Garage Warz" competition; using the studio time they won in this competition, they recorded their first professional demo under the name "Sara and Tegan",[12][13] Yellow tape. This was followed by Orange tape and Red tape. Their first "big-time show" was in May 1998 in Calgary, opening for Hayden.[14]

In 1999, they released their debut album Under Feet Like Ours independently under the "Sara and Tegan" name, with producer Jared Kuemper.[15] Two songs from Red tape appeared on the album, and two from Orange tape. They later changed their name to "Tegan and Sara" because people thought they were a solo act named "Sara Antegan". Their first album was later reprinted under the name "Tegan and Sara". The same year, they signed with Neil Young's Vapor Records and released This Business of Art through the label in 2000. Since then, they have toured extensively.

2002–2011: Mainstream success

In 2002, Tegan and Sara released their third album, If It Was You. Their fourth album, So Jealous, was released in 2004 and led to wider success and attention, both locally and internationally. This album was released through both Vapor and Sanctuary. One track of the album, "Walking with a Ghost",[16] was covered by the White Stripes, who released it on their Walking with a Ghost EP.[17] The band's 2007 album, The Con, was released by Vapor and Sire because Sanctuary chose to no longer release new music in the United States. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of the Rentals (and previously Weezer), Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King all appeared and collaborated on the album.[18]

On October 26, 2009, Tegan and Sara released their sixth album, Sainthood, produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp. The duo also put out a three-volume book set titled ON, IN, AT, which is a collection of stories, essays, journals, and photos of the band on tour in America in late 2008, writing together in New Orleans, and touring Australia. The photographs in the book are taken by Lindsey Byrnes and Ryan Russell. The album Sainthood debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 21 selling 24,000 copies in its first week.[19] While recording Sainthood, Tegan and Sara spent a week writing songs together in New Orleans. The song "Paperback Head" was the only song written by the pair to appear on the album, making it the first song on any Tegan and Sara album that they wrote together.[20] Spin magazine gave Sainthood four out of five stars and wrote, "Tegan and Sara's music may no longer be the stuff of teens, but its strength remains in how much it feels like two people talking."[21]

Tegan and Sara performing at the Polaris Music Prize Gala 2010

In 2011, they launched "2011: A Merch Odyssey", which saw at least one new item in the official online stores every month, all year long. A live CD/DVD combination package titled Get Along was released on November 15 and contains three films titled "States", "India", and "For the Most Part". Get Along was nominated in the 2013 Grammy Awards for Best Long Form Music Video.[22]

2012–2018: Heartthrob, Love You to Death, and The Con X: Covers

Tegan and Sara started recording their seventh studio album, Heartthrob, on February 20, 2012. Eight songs were produced by Greg Kurstin. Joey Waronker contributed drums to these songs. Two songs were produced by Mike Elizondo, with Victor Indrizzo contributing drums, Josh Lopez contributing guitar, and Dave Palmer contributing piano. The last two songs were produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen. The first single, "Closer", was released on September 25, 2012. The album was released on January 29, 2013 and debuted on the Billboard top 200 at number 3, the band's highest charting record to date, selling 49,000 copies in its first week.[23] Heartthrob debuted at number 2 on the Canadian chart, digital downloads chart and hit number 1 on the rock and alternative album charts.[24] In July 2013, the album was shortlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.[25] In March 2014, Tegan and Sara won three Juno Awards for Single of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and Group of the Year.

Tegan and Sara finished their eighth studio album on November 30, 2015. On March 10, 2016, the band announced via their Facebook account that the album's title would be Love You to Death, with the release date set for June 3. They released the lead single from the album, "Boyfriend", on April 8. On April 25, tour dates were announced for their 2016 worldwide tour for the Love You to Death album. The duo released a music video for each track on the album. For the tenth anniversary of the release of their album The Con, Tegan and Sara collaborated with 17 artists including Cyndi Lauper to create The Con X: Covers in 2017. The participating artists created covers of The Con's original songs which created a cohesive album sold to benefit the Tegan and Sara Foundation. Tegan and Sara also toured an acoustic version of The Con in 2017 with a portion of the proceeds supporting the Tegan and Sara Foundation.[26]

On December 11, 2018, Tegan and Sara announced a memoir entitled High School, sharing the story of their youth, to be released in fall 2019, along with new music.[27][28]

2019–2020: Hey, I'm Just Like You and memoir

In May 2018 at Out Web Fest, Tegan stated they were working on a book, podcast, and new record.[29] Their memoir, High School, was published on September 24, 2019 by MCD Books, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, alongside Simon & Schuster Canada and Virago Press in the United Kingdom.[30][31]

In early 2019, Tegan and Sara announced they were working on their next record for release later that year.[32] On July 9, 2019, they announced via Instagram that their ninth album would be called Hey, I'm Just Like You, and would consist of twelve re-recorded songs they initially wrote as teenagers. It was released on September 27, 2019,[33] three days after the release of their memoir.

In April 2020, the duo created a live "show" that they named Where Does the Good Grow, to entertain their fans during the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 12, 2020, they announced that they were releasing merchandise designed by EE Storey for Where Does the Good Grow. The show was held every Thursday at 3 PM PST on their Instagram account, until the series finale on July 23, 2020.[34]

In 2021 it was announced that a TV show named High School based on their memoir of the same name would be filmed in Calgary with Clea DuVall as the director.[35] Two twins, Railey and Seazynn Gilliland, were cast as the main characters. The show was filmed from April to June 2022 and was released on Amazon Freevee in fall 2022.[36]

2021–present: Still Jealous, New record label, and Crybaby

In July 2021, Tegan and Sara announced on their social media a return to the studio to work on their tenth studio album.[37] On February 1, 2022, they announced Still Jealous, a completely acoustic reimagining of So Jealous, which was released on February 11, 2022.[38]

In April 2022 the duo announced they had left Warner Bros. records and signed a new record deal with Mom & Pop.[39] They also released the first single, "Fucking Up What Matters", from their upcoming tenth studio album on April 28, 2022. [40] On July 12, 2022, the duo announced the album is called Crybaby and would be released on October 21, 2022. The second single, "Yellow", was released on the same day, with the music video being released on YouTube.[41] The twins also announced their first tour in three years, which starts in Philadelphia, PA on October 26, 2022 and ends in Vancouver, BC on November 20.[42]

Influences

Tegan and Sara have credited Green Day, Nirvana, and Hole for "truly start[ing] to cement our desire to write and make our own music".[43] During their teenage years, the duo were influenced by Hayden,[14] the Smashing Pumpkins, Violent Femmes, Dinosaur Jr., and Teenage Fanclub.[44] Other artists who have influenced Tegan and Sara include Depeche Mode,[45][46] Rihanna,[47][48] Taylor Swift,[49] Madonna, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Mike Elizondo,[50] Pink, Lily Allen,[51] Erasure, Ace of Base,[52] Tom Petty, Britney Spears, Katy Perry,[53] Ani DiFranco, the New Pornographers, Cyndi Lauper, Sinéad O'Connor, Against Me!, and Bruce Springsteen.[43]

Personal lives

Tegan and Sara are identical twins born September 19, 1980, in Calgary. Both are openly gay and married.[54][55][2] In August 2022, Sara welcomed her first child.[56]

At the age of 19, both Quins moved from their hometown of Calgary to Vancouver. In 2003, Sara moved to Montreal. [57] For many years, Tegan lived in both Vancouver, B.C. and Los Angeles while Sara lived in Montreal and New York City.

As of 2019,[58] both Tegan and Sara moved back to live in Vancouver, BC.[59]

Tegan and Sara are active politically and socially engaged. They are both advocates for LGBTQ equality as well as music education, literacy, and cancer research.[60]

The sisters are cousins with musician Jen Twynn Payne, drummer and lead vocalist for the Vancouver-based band The Courtneys.[57]

Activism and involvement in the LGBT community

In December 2016, and in the wake of the United States' presidential election, the sisters founded the Tegan and Sara Foundation, to fight for "economic justice, health and representation for LGBTQ girls and women".[2] They have since partnered with Kiehl's cosmetics to release Ultra Facial cleansers with limited edition packaging in order to raise funds for the foundation.[61] Profits from The Con X: Covers and a portion of ticket prices from The Con's tenth anniversary tour went to the Tegan and Sara Foundation. At the end of The Con 10th anniversary tour in 2017, they stated they plan to take two years off from touring to focus on the Tegan and Sara Foundation and to make a new record.[62]

In 2013, the band partnered with Coolhaus, their "favourite ice cream sandwich truck",[63] to create an ice cream sandwich in favour of same-sex marriage. The sandwich featured Double Chocolate cookies and Salted Caramel ice cream and was named "Til Death Do Us Part".[63][64]

In 2012, they appeared on the cover of Under the Radar magazine's "Protest" issue. Both were photographed holding a sign that read "The rights of the minority should never be subject to the whim of the majority."[65] Also in Canada, they were actively supporting Quebec students in their protest against that provincial government. In the U.S., both were vocal during California's Prop 8 debates.[66] On November 10, 2016, rather than boycotting North Carolina for HB2, Tegan and Sara performed at The Orange Peel and donated their proceeds to Equality North Carolina in order to fight the legislation.[67] This inspired the band Matt and Kim to match their donation in the form of merchandise proceeds.[68]

Due to the expansion of their audience they have gained a higher profile in the LGBTQ community. They were awarded Outstanding Music Artist at the GLAAD Media Awards, beating out high-profile musicians including Lady Gaga and Elton John.[69] In June 2014, Tegan and Sara joined WorldPride to perform in the closing ceremonies at Yonge–Dundas Square in downtown Toronto.[70]

The duo partnered with Revel & Riot to create a T-shirt that would fund Revel & Riot's mission for LGBTQ rights. The "Animals" T-shirt features Tegan and Sara, a turtle, fox, koala, penguin, and a dragonfly all labeled with their Latin names. The text at the bottom reads "Gay behaviour is found in over 1500 species. LGBTQ equality now." All proceeds of the sale go to benefit the work of Revel & Riot.[71]

Touring
Tegan at NIB Stadium in December 2010
Sara at NIB Stadium in December 2010

Tegan and Sara began touring after graduating from high school in 1998, travelling by car or Greyhound bus.[72] In 2000, they toured with Neil Young and the Pretenders. Other notable touring mates include Ryan Adams, Weezer, Bryan Adams, Jack Johnson, the Black Keys, Ben Folds, Gogol Bordello, Cake, City and Colour, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, the Killers, New Found Glory, Paramore, Rufus Wainwright, Eugene Francis Jnr, the Jezabels, An Horse, Steel Train, Holly Miranda, and Speak.

The sisters are known to do a lot of onstage banter, which often includes stories and commentary about their childhood, politics, and life on the road; this has become a characteristic trait of their live shows.[73][74]

They have performed at festivals including the Mariposa Folk Festival 2001, Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair 1999, 2010, Coachella 2005, 2008, 2013 Lollapalooza, SXSW 2005, 2013, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Falls Festival, Sasquatch! 2010, Osheaga, Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour 2008; Southbound 2009, Glastonbury 2010, Lilith Fair, Australia's Groovin' the Moo 2010 and 2013, Splendour in the Grass 2016, Winnipeg Folk Festival 2011,[75] Newport Folk Festival 2011, saskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival 2011, Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2011 and 2015, Outside Lands 2014, and Firefly 2014, and Area506 in August 2017 in Saint John, New Brunswick. They performed at the ending ceremony in June at Toronto World Pride 2014 and also at Boston Calling in May 2014.

In 2013, Tegan and Sara opened for the band fun. on their Most Nights Summer Tour which started in Toronto, Ontario on July 6 and ended in Bridgeport, Connecticut on September 28.

In January 2014, Katy Perry announced that Tegan and Sara, along with Capital Cities and Kacey Musgraves would be the opening acts for the North American leg of her Prismatic World Tour. Tegan and Sara toured with Perry from September to October 2014.

On February 25, 2014, Tegan and Sara announced their Let's Make Things Physical Tour. The tour included a range of supporting acts for different cities, including Lucius, the Courtneys, Waters, and My Midnight Heart.[76] The tour kicked off on 6 May in Columbia, Missouri, ending in November 2014.

In July 2014, the pair opened for Lady Gaga's 2014 concert tour, ArtRave: The Artpop Ball Tour in Quebec City in front of a crowd of 80,000.[77]

In 2015, the sisters weren't touring, taking time off to write and record their eighth studio album Love You to Death, which was officially released on June 3, 2016.[78]

On April 25, 2016, their worldwide 2016 tour in support of Love You to Death was announced.[79] The tour started in London, UK, passing through Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan in July, Canada and the United States.

Tegan and Sara were a part of the WayHome summer 2017 line-up in Oro-Medonte, Ontario.[80]

Collaborations and other work

In 2009, Tegan and Sara worked as producers for the first time. Tegan worked with char2d2 on the 2009 Small Vampires EP, while Sara worked on the 2010 debut albums for Fences and Hesta Prynn.

Tegan

Tegan appeared on Against Me!'s song "Borne of the FM Waves of the Heart", and also appeared in the music video. She also sang backing vocals on Rachael Cantu's "Saturday" from her Run All Night. In April 2008, Tegan wrote and recorded a song titled "His Love" at the request of Augusten Burroughs as a contribution to the audio version of his book A Wolf at the Table. The two headlined Spin's September 2008 Liner Notes benefit for Housing Works, a New York non-profit.[81] Tegan sang with Jim Ward on his track "Broken Songs" and on the song "Contrails" by rapper Astronautalis which appeared on his 2011 album This Is Our Science. She also appeared in the music video. Tegan was also featured in one of the songs off of Dan Mangan's new LP Unmake, titled "Forgetery Redux".[82] In 2017, Tegan was featured on Ria Mae's album on the song "Broken".

Sara

Sara sings on the Reason's song "We're So Beyond This", and also appears in the music video. She was featured on rapper/songwriter/producer Theophilus London's track "Why Even Try" from his 2011 Lovers Holiday EP. Sara appears on Jonathan Coulton's 2011 album Artificial Heart, providing vocals for the album's remake of the song Coulton wrote for Valve's game Portal, "Still Alive". Sara covered Alicia Keys' "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" from Doveman's Burgundy Stain Sessions in 2011. In Kaki King's music video for "Pull Me Out Alive", Sara can be seen as well. Sara sang back-up vocals on two songs from former Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha's 2012 album Look to the Sky: "To Who Knows Where" and "Dream Tonight".[83]

Together
  • Tegan and Sara performed with DJ Tiësto during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 13, 2008. Tegan and Sara appeared as guests, providing live vocals for Tiësto's remix of "Back in Your Head", in addition to their own set that night. The duo also collaborated with Tiësto on the song "Feel It in My Bones" from his 2009 album Kaleidoscope and appeared in the music video for this song. They later called the song "the first time we'd co-written with somebody, so it was the first time someone was giving us feedback on what we'd written... Sara and I were both so obsessed with him liking the song enough to put it on his record that we both were writing on it. It was a true collaboration; there's like two sections that Sara wrote, and three that I wrote."[84]
  • Tegan and Sara are featured on Margaret Cho's 2009 album Cho Dependent on the track "Intervention".[85] They are also featured in the song's video.
  • An "Alligator" remix EP was released by the duo on iTunes in 2010. The EP consisted of remixes of their song "Alligator" by different artists. Contributors included Doveman, Four Tet, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot, and VHS or Beta.
  • In December 2010, Tegan and Sara collaborated with the Yellow Bird Project to produce a charity T-shirt. The shirt was designed by EE Storey with all profits benefiting FIERCE NYC, an organization that builds the leadership and power of LGBTQ communities in New York City.[86]
  • They both appear in Sara Bareilles' music video for her song "Uncharted". The video premiered in March 2011 and also features, amongst others, Josh Groban, Laura Jansen, Ingrid Michaelson, Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine, Ben Folds, Keenan Cahill, Jennifer Nettles, and Vanessa Carlton.
  • NOFX's controversial song "Creeping Out Sara" is about the two sisters. It is based on an encounter between Fat Mike of NOFX and Sara while backstage at a music festival. During a live Q&A when asked what they thought of the song Sara answered, "The song is called 'Creeping Out Sara'; I am Sara, and I was creeped out."
  • The sisters collaborated with Morgan Page on his songs "Body Work" and "Video", which were both on his 2012 album In the Air. They also appeared in the music video for "Body Work".
  • Another collaboration with a dance artist was on a song with David Guetta and Alesso for Guetta's re-release album Nothing but the Beat 2.0. The song, "Every Chance We Get We Run", was released on September 10, 2012.
  • Tegan and Sara have both ventured into songwriting for other artists. This includes two songs "A Hot Minute" and "The Worst" featured in Lisa Loeb's 2013 release No Fairy Tale.[87] Sara also co-wrote "Sweetie" which was included in the deluxe edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's album Kiss.
  • In 2012, the sisters covered Cyndi Lauper's hit song "Time After Time".
  • In 2012, Tegan and Sara covered the Rolling Stones' "Fool to Cry" for the HBO series Girls Soundtrack Vol. 1.
  • In 2013, Tegan and Sara released a "Closer" remix EP containing contributions from artists such as Sultan & Shepard, the Knocks, and Yeasayer.
  • In 2013, Tegan and Sara released "Shudder to Think" for the Dallas Buyers Club movie soundtrack.
  • In 2013, Tegan and Sara were featured on Matthew Dear's cover of the Tears for Fears song "Pale Shelter".
  • In 2013, the Canadian duo covered Pink's "Just Like a Pill" for Billboard's Women in Music 2013.
  • In 2014, Tegan and Sara released "Find Another Love" for the Endless Love movie soundtrack.
  • In 2014, Tegan and Sara sang the jingle "Dare to Wonder" for the Oreo Wonderfilled cookies TV commercial.[88]
  • The same year, they sang "Everything Is Awesome", the theme song for The Lego Movie, with the Lonely Island. The song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
  • In 2014, Tegan and Sara co-wrote and sang the song "Hard to Hold" on the RAC album Strangers, Pt. 1.[89]
  • The duo also were featured on "When You Were Mine" by Night Terrors of 1927.
  • In September 2014, they released a remix EP of "I Was a Fool".
  • In 2015, they performed with the Lonely Island at the Oscars, representing their collaboration for The Lego Movie in "Everything Is Awesome".
  • In March 2015, the duo collaborated with Sultan & Shepard on the song "Make Things Right".
  • In 2017, they collaborated with All Time Low on the song "Ground Control" for All Time Low's seventh studio album, Last Young Renegade.[90]
  • In 2017, they again worked with Matthew Dear to create "Bad Ones".[91]
  • In 2020, they collaborated with Alex Hope to create a song for the film Happiest Season titled "Make You Mine This Season".
  • In 2021, they were featured on an alternate version of Beach Bunny's song "Cloud 9".
  • In 2021, they were featured on Vincint's song "Getaway".

Television, film and video games

Tegan and Sara have appeared on American, Canadian, and European television shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2013), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2005, 2013), Jonovision, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012), Late Show with David Letterman (2000, 2008, 2012), The NewMusic, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2008, 2013), C à vous (2013), Comedy Bang! Bang! (2016), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016, 2019), and ZeD.[75][94][95]

Tegan and Sara songs have been featured in the films Dallas Buyers Club, The Lego Movie, G.B.F., Monster-in-Law, Sweet November, These Girls, and The Carmilla Movie, and in the television shows Degrassi: The Next Generation, 90210, Being Erica, Ghost Whisperer, Grey's Anatomy, The Hills, Hollyoaks, jPod, The L Word, Life Unexpected, Melrose Place, One Tree Hill, Parenthood, Rookie Blue, The Vampire Diaries, Veronica Mars, Waterloo Road, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Awkward, Riverdale, Girls, and BoJack Horseman. Their song "Closer" was covered by Glee on the episode "Feud" which aired March 14, 2013 at 9 pm EST on Global for Canada and Fox for USA. The song is also used in the teaser trailer for the 2013 independent comedy film, Exes. The songs "Closer" and "Back in Your Head" were featured in the 2016 video game LOUD on Planet X.

In 2006, Tegan and Sara appeared in The L Word episode "Last Dance" (season 3, episode 11); they had a small role in which they played themselves performing their song "Love Type Thing" and exchanged a few lines with main character Dana Fairbanks. In 2008, they appeared on the kids' music television show Pancake Mountain where they acted in a skit and performed their songs "Back in Your Head", "Hop a Plane", and an acoustic version of "Walking with a Ghost".[96] In 2010, they appeared on CBC's Mamma Yamma, revising their single "Alligator" into a children's song. In 2012, Tegan and Sara appeared in the 90210 episode "The Things We Do for Love" performing "Closer" and "Now I'm All Messed Up" from their album Heartthrob.[97]

In 2011, Sara was a panellist on the CBC Radio One program Canada Reads, defending Jeff Lemire's graphic novel Essex County. The book, the first graphic novel to be featured as part of Canada Reads, was voted off after the first round but then later placed No. 1 in a "People's Choice" poll with more votes than all other books combined.

In March 2013 during the SXSW festival, Tegan and Sara co-hosted the MTVU Woodie Awards with rapper Machine Gun Kelly. They also performed their single "Closer". The Woodie Awards aired on MTV on March 17, 2013.[98] On September 30, 2013, Tegan and Sara performed "Closer" on Today.[99]

In early 2014, Tegan and Sara collaborated with the Lonely Island on a song called "Everything Is Awesome!!!" for The Lego Movie soundtrack. The movie opened in theatres on February 7, 2014. The song debuted at number 62[100] on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 24[101] on the Official UK Singles Chart. Chief songwriter/producer Shawn Patterson received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song at the 87th Annual Academy Awards, losing to "Glory" by John Legend and Common, from the movie Selma. In 2016, the twins had a short appearance on the show Take My Wife starring Cameron Esposito and River Butcher through a special YouTube-released holiday segment.

In September 2017, Tegan appeared as a guest on Cameron Esposito's podcast, Queery. In October 2017, Sara was a guest on the show. In October 2019, both sisters appeared together on the podcast.

In 2020, their song "Make You Mine This Season" was featured in the film Happiest Season starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis. The film was directed by a friend of theirs, Clea DuVall.

Band members
  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards

Backing musicians
  • Adam Christgau – drums (2013–2014, 2022)
  • Izzy Fontaine – guitar, keyboards (2022)

Former backing musicians
  • Aaron Burke – drums (1998–1999)
  • Marc Tremblay – bass (1998–1999)
  • Chris Carlson – bass (2002–2006)
  • Rob Chursinoff – drums (2002–2006)
  • Ted Gowans – guitar, keyboards (2004–2014)
  • Johnny Andrews – drums (2005–2010)
  • Dan Kelly – bass (2007)
  • Shaun Huberts – bass (2007–2010)
  • Jason McGerr – drums (2012)
  • Jasper Leak – bass, keyboard bass (2012–2014)
  • John Spence – keyboards (2012–2014)
  • Eva Gardner – bass (2016)
  • Brendan Buckley – drums (2016–2017)
  • Vivi Rama – bass (2017)
  • Gabrial McNair – keyboards (2016–2017)
  • Tim Mislock – guitar (2017)
Timeline

Discography
  • Under Feet Like Ours (1999)
  • This Business of Art (2000)
  • If It Was You (2002)
  • So Jealous (2004)
  • The Con (2007)
  • Sainthood (2009)
  • Heartthrob (2013)
  • Love You to Death (2016)
  • Hey, I'm Just Like You (2019)
  • Crybaby (2022)

Awards and nominations

Tegan and Sara were honored with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, 2018.[102]

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2000YTVBand/Musical Group Achievement AwardTegan and SaraWon
2003Western Canadian Music AwardsOutstanding Pop RecordingIf It Was YouWon
2006Juno AwardsAlternative Album of the YearSo JealousNominated
2007Music DVD of the YearIt's Not Fun Don't Do ItNominated
2008Alternative Album of the YearThe ConNominated
Polaris Music PrizePolaris Music Prize LonglistNominated
MVPA AwardsBest Alternative VideoNominated
2009Studio8Song of August 2009Won
2010Juno AwardsAlternative Album of the YearSainthoodNominated
Polaris Music PrizePolaris Music Prize ShortlistNominated
Western Canadian Music AwardsInternational Achievement AwardTegan and SaraWon
2011Indie AwardsGroup or Duo of the YearNominated
2012Juno AwardsMusic DVD of the YearGet AlongNominated
2013Grammy AwardsBest Long Form Music VideoNominated[103]
MTVU Woodie AwardsTag Team Woodie"Body Work"Nominated
NewNowNext AwardsThat's My Jam"Closer"Nominated
Canadian Radio Music AwardBest New Group - Dance/Urban/RhythmicWon
MuchMusic Video AwardsInternational Video of the Year by a CanadianNominated
Polaris Music Prize2013 Polaris Music Prize ShortlistHeartthrobNominated
MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Canadian ActTegan and SaraNominated
Rober Awards Music PollGuilty PleasureWon
2014 World Music Awards World's Best Group Nominated
World's Best Live Act Nominated
World's Best Song "I Was a Fool" Nominated
GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Music ArtistTegan and SaraWon
Juno AwardsGroup of the YearWon[104]
Songwriter of the YearNominated
Pop Album of the YearHeartthrobWon
Single of the YearCloserWon
Canadian Radio Music AwardsBest New Group/Solo Artist - Mainstream ACTegan and SaraWon
Fans' ChoiceNominated
SOCAN Song of the Year"Closer"Nominated
MuchMusic Video AwardsPop Video of the Year"Goodbye, Goodbye"Nominated
2016 BDSCertified Spin Awards "Feel It in My Bones" (with Tiësto) 50,000 Spins Won
Rober Awards Music PollGuilty PleasureTegan and SaraNominated
2017NME AwardsBest International BandNominated
Juno AwardsGroup of the YearNominated[105]
Songwriter of the YearNominated
Pop Album of the YearLove You to DeathNominated
GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Music ArtistTegan and SaraWon
British LGBT AwardsBest Music ActNominated
2018Nominated
Governor General's AwardsPerforming Arts AwardWon
NYCLU2018 Liberty AwardWon[106]
2020 NME AwardsBest Music BookHigh SchoolNominated[107]
Queerty AwardsMemorable MemoirNominated[108]
Alex AwardsTop 10 Best Adult BooksWon[109]
GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Music ArtistHey, I'm Just Like YouNominated[110]

Bibliography
  • High School (2019)

See also
  • List of Canadian bands

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